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The Show Off

1926·82 min·US
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
ComedyDrama
Spotlight: Louise Brooks

A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to the brink of ruin.

A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to the brink of ruin.

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Cast

Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling

Aubrey Piper

Lois Wilson

Lois Wilson

Amy Fisher Piper

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

Mom Fisher

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Clara

G

Gregory Kelly

Joe Fisher

C

Charles Goodrich

Pop Fisher

Crew

Pierre Collings

writer

Lee Garmes

cinematographer

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